Brace for heel-sweeps.



N0. 844,023. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

J. H. INGRAM. BRAOE FOR HEEL SWEEPS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15.1906.

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JOHN H. INGRAM, or contain, TEXAS.

BRACE FOR HEEL-SWEEPS.

No. seems.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed August 15, 1906. gerial No. 330,758.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quitman, in the county of ood and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Braces for Heel-Sweeps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of agricultural implements which. are known as heel-sweeps, and the object of the inven' tion is to provide a brace of simple and improved construction which may be readily applied to any ordinary heel-sweep for the purpose of retaining the wings of such sweeps in their normal position and preventing them from closing together under the strain to which the sweep is subjected in operation, a further object of the invention being to rein force that part of the sweep which is apertured for the passage of the securing-bolt.

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated simple and preferred forms of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications Within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of the improved brace. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a heel-sweep equipped with a brace of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a modified form of the brace. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a heel-sweep equipped with the form of the brace illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 6 6 in Fig. 5.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved brace consists of a cross-bar 1, the ends of which are provided with notches 2 2 for engagement with the upper edges of the wings 3 3 of an ordinary heelsweep.

Under the construction illustrated in Figs.

1, 2, and 3 of the drawings the cross-bar l is provided with an integral arm 4 extending therefrom at right angles midway between its ends. Hingedly connected with the front end of the arm 4 is a plate 5, having a longitudinal slot 6, said plate being wedge-shaped longitudinally, as will be clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The plate 5 is con nected with the heel-sweep by means of the bolt 7, passing through the nose of the sweep, the cross bar or brace 1 being drawn up so as to tightly engage the wings of the sweep and keep the latter separated or spread out. When the nut 8 is tightened upon the bolts 7, the parts will be held securely assembled, and owing to the wedge shape of the plate 5 displacement of the latter and the parts connected therewith is practically impossible, and the brace or cross-bar 1 will be held securely assembled with the sweep.

Under the modified construction illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the cross bar or brace (here designated 1) is provided with a central aperture for the passage of a rod or bolt 9, having at its front end an eye 10, with which is connected a link or plate 11, having an aperture 12 for the passage of a bolt 13, whereby said link or plate may be secured upon the nose of the sweep. The rod or bolt 9 has a nut 14 bearing against the rear side of the cross bar or plate, so that when the parts are assembled by tightening the nut 14 the cross bar or brace may be forced in a forward direction, thus causing the notches 2 at the ends of said cross bar or brace to closely engage the upper edges of the wings of the sweep. It will be observed that under this modified construction adjustment of the cross bar or brace is effected by tightening or loosening the nut 14, while under the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 adj ustment of the cross bar or brace may be had by the bolt engaging the slot 6 in the plate 5.

The improved brace of this invention may be readily applied to heel-sweeps of various sizes. It may be easily and inexpensively constructed of malleable iron or any other suitable material or combination of materials, and it is thorou hly eflicient for the purposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A brace for heel-sweeps comprising a cross-bar having notched ends for engagement with the wings of the sweep, an arm or member extending forwardly from said crossbar, and a plate loosely connected with said arm or member and adapted to be connected with the nose of the sweep.

l a nut bearing against the rear side of the l 2. A brace for heel-sweeps consisting of a l cross-bar, and a plate loosely connected with the eye at the front end of the bolt and adapt- 1 5 ed to be connected with the nose of the crossbar having notched ends, means for sweep.

connecting said cross-bar with the nose of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature sweep, and means for forcing said cross-bar in presence of two witnesses.

forwardly to engage the upper edges of the JOHN H INGRAM Wings of the sweep.

3. A brace for heel-sweeps comprising a WVitnesses: cross-bar having notched ends, an eyebolt SHAW D. RAY, extending through said cross-bar and having J. D. HARRIS. 

